Shingini | |
States: | Nigeria |
Region: | Niger State |
Ethnicity: | Kambari |
Speakers: | 200,000 |
Date: | 2004 |
Ref: | e18 |
Dia1: | Ibeto |
Dia2: | Rofia |
Script: | Latin |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Benue–Congo |
Fam3: | Kainji |
Fam4: | Kambari |
Lc1: | tsw |
Ld1: | Tsishingini (Salka) |
Lc2: | asg |
Ld2: | Cishingini |
Glotto: | tsis1238 |
Glottoname: | Tsishingini |
Glottorefname: | Salka-Tsishingini |
Glotto2: | cish1238 |
Glottoname2: | Cishingini |
Glottorefname2: | Western-Kambari-Cishingini |
Shingini≪Ref Name: | "BlenchAtlas4">Book: Blench, Roger. An Atlas of Nigerian Languages. Kay Williamson Educational Foundation. 2019. 4th. Cambridge. |
The Shingini language, is a Kainji language of Nigeria spoken by the Kambari people. Its two dialects are Tsishingini (Salka, Ashaganna) and Cishingini (Chishingini).
Cishingini, also known as Chishingini or Ashaganna, is spoken in Borgu and Agwara Local Governments of Niger State and in Ngaski LGA of Kebbi State.